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Overlooked Ventilator Supply?

Ventilators are in short supply. CPAPs can be reprogrammed to be ventilators. Why isn't someone recycling CPAPs? The VA gives me a new one about every three years. I've got three. Grampa Google says millions of us use CPAPs. Doesn't that mean providing millions of ventilators is just an organizational challenge, not a fabrication challenge?
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Re:Overlooked Ventilator Supply? by joezydeco on Thursday April 02, 2020 @04:30PM (#22763360)
"The American Society of Anesthesiologists issued guidance on Feb. 23 discouraging CPAP use in COVID-19 patients — advice largely informed by experience with the SARS epidemic in 2003. Studies dating to 2003 suggest such devices can pump viruses into the air, potentially increasing the spread of a contagious disease."

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